"We had sizable leads in three matches and failed to come
through," head coach Rob Hubbard said. "In order to win the tougher
matches, the women will have to do a better job of closing out
their matches."

The Retrievers got off to a good start in doubles, as the
improving duo of sophomore Isabel Aldunate (Bowie,
Md./Home School) and freshman Madlena Kurasz (Zlotoryja, Poland)
cruised past Das and Chanel Bell, 8-4. UMBC dropped the No. 1
double matches, but had opportunities at the No. 2 position,
however, Cleary and senior Heidi Danielsson (Jonkoping,
Sweden) could not hold off the tandem of Marketa Placha/Yvonne
Huber and fell, 8-6, ceding the doubles point to CSU
(7-4).

UMBC (4-9) fell behind, 3-0, by dropping matches at No. 2 and
No. 4 singles, but Cleary put the Retrievers on the board and kept
the match in doubt.

Freshman Julia Sauer (Aschaffenburg, Germany) won her first set,
6-4, at No. 3 singles, while Kurasz evened her match at the No. 5
positon at a set apiece. But Aldunate dropped the match's fourth
point, falling, 6-2, 6-3 to Placha at No. 1 singles. Sauer could
not survive Angelica Sidoreko's comeback and fell, 4-6. 6-4, 6-1,
while Kurasz could not sustain the momentum from a second-set
thrashing of Chanel Bell and dropped the match, 6-3, 0-6, 7-5.